I haven't found any evidence that stretching in any form is effective over any longer term than a few minutes or hours, in my brief check on the subject. The b

I haven't found any evidence that stretching in any form is effective over any longer term than a few minutes or hours, in my brief check on the subject. The best I've found is a Cochrane review that says that specific neck stretches (NB as far as I can tell not those in the article) are effective in the intermediate term for relieving neck pain. A different review says that there is no evidence that stretching is effective in preventing injuries in runners. http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD004250/exercise-for-neck-pain http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD004250/exercise-for-neck-pai... http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD001256/interventions-for-preventing-lower-limb-soft-tissue-injuries-in-runners http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD001256/interventions-for-pre...